siralgenon
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It's nice not to have the same music blaring out through the whole ride on repeat
From: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=necTW685CLA
This is an interesting POV of Valhalla in its first year. Credit: Euro Theme Park Archive
time flies
How much of that do you reckon was due to the 'water tunnel' effect? I honestly think that was the worst of it for a long while.One of my lasting memories from my first ride on Valhalla back in 2019 was the giant pool of water that you had to step into when getting into the boat. I’ve been on plenty of pretty wet rides before, but I’ve still never been on another ride where you have to dunk your feet into ankle deep water the second you get on it… I must say that that water-filled boat was not the most appealing sight, and I remember that we, being sat at the back of the boat, got completely submerged by all of this water as we were going up the first lift hill!
My shoes were fine seeing as I was wearing fairly old sandals, but my dad quickly realised that wearing practically brand new white Converse to Blackpool was a poor decision… those shoes had to take a trip through the washing machine when we got back home!
The other thing I remember about Valhalla is that it was by some margin the wettest water ride I have ever ridden, and I’ve been to Florida and done the likes of Bilge-Rats. On the day I rode Valhalla, it was 30 degrees, and after having waited 2 hours to get on it without any shade, I felt pretty fried… yet when I stepped off, I was shivering as though it was below freezing outside, and I had blue lips. I genuinely think I might not have been much colder or wetter had I dived into the sea fully clothed and gone for a swim…
Perhaps controversially, I must admit that the original Valhalla was not a favourite of mine. It was undeniably an impressive ride, and I understand why people liked it, but for me, the sheer wetness was just a bit too much to be enjoyable.
Sorry Matt, whole year round, the sea is much warmer in Blackpool than Valhalla!One of my lasting memories from my first ride on Valhalla back in 2019 was the giant pool of water that you had to step into when getting into the boat. I’ve been on plenty of pretty wet rides before, but I’ve still never been on another ride where you have to dunk your feet into ankle deep water the second you get on it… I must say that that water-filled boat was not the most appealing sight, and I remember that we, being sat at the back of the boat, got completely submerged by all of this water as we were going up the first lift hill!
My shoes were fine seeing as I was wearing fairly old sandals, but my dad quickly realised that wearing practically brand new white Converse to Blackpool was a poor decision… those shoes had to take a trip through the washing machine when we got back home!
The other thing I remember about Valhalla is that it was by some margin the wettest water ride I have ever ridden, and I’ve been to Florida and done the likes of Bilge-Rats. On the day I rode Valhalla, it was 30 degrees, and after having waited 2 hours to get on it without any shade, I felt pretty fried… yet when I stepped off, I was shivering as though it was below freezing outside, and I had blue lips. I genuinely think I might not have been much colder or wetter had I dived into the sea fully clothed and gone for a swim…
Perhaps controversially, I must admit that the original Valhalla was not a favourite of mine. It was undeniably an impressive ride, and I understand why people liked it, but for me, the sheer wetness was just a bit too much to be enjoyable.
Out of interest, how much wetter was it than Stormforce 10 at Drayton Manor (the wettest ride I have been on)?One of my lasting memories from my first ride on Valhalla back in 2019 was the giant pool of water that you had to step into when getting into the boat. I’ve been on plenty of pretty wet rides before, but I’ve still never been on another ride where you have to dunk your feet into ankle deep water the second you get on it… I must say that that water-filled boat was not the most appealing sight, and I remember that we, being sat at the back of the boat, got completely submerged by all of this water as we were going up the first lift hill!
My shoes were fine seeing as I was wearing fairly old sandals, but my dad quickly realised that wearing practically brand new white Converse to Blackpool was a poor decision… those shoes had to take a trip through the washing machine when we got back home!
The other thing I remember about Valhalla is that it was by some margin the wettest water ride I have ever ridden, and I’ve been to Florida and done the likes of Bilge-Rats. On the day I rode Valhalla, it was 30 degrees, and after having waited 2 hours to get on it without any shade, I felt pretty fried… yet when I stepped off, I was shivering as though it was below freezing outside, and I had blue lips. I genuinely think I might not have been much colder or wetter had I dived into the sea fully clothed and gone for a swim…
About the same, although maybe slightly more due to the evil water tunnel after one of the drops.Out of interest, how much wetter was it than Stormforce 10 at Drayton Manor (the wettest ride I have been on)?
About the same, depending on the individual seat and ride on the day.Out of interest, how much wetter was it than Stormforce 10 at Drayton Manor (the wettest ride I have been on)?
I’d have said that Valhalla was considerably wetter, although I admittedly sat in the middle of an empty boat when I rode Stormforce, whereas I was sat near the back of a fully loaded boat on Valhalla.Out of interest, how much wetter was it than Stormforce 10 at Drayton Manor (the wettest ride I have been on)?
If it timed badly and two boats dropped down drop 1 & 2 at the same time you also got drenched from memory as the troughs where quite close.
Or maybe I mis-remember
From: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=necTW685CLA
This is an interesting POV of Valhalla in its first year. Credit: Euro Theme Park Archive
I think that was introduced in 2001, 2002 maybe. In 2000 that thing was a hot mess for so many reasons.The ride control system on Valhalla does not allow boats onto both drops simultaneously, which is why boats will sometimes stop briefly before going down one of the main drops (less common in recent years due to the ride running fewer boats).
SF10 has no such interlock, sometimes you'll just get unlucky.